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GoFundMe Offered a Lifeline After Last Year’s Storms 

Sarasota ranks high as a giving community.

09/02/2025 By Megan McDonald

Meals That Matter

All Faiths Food Bank Delivers Care and Nourishment to a Growing Number of Hungry Families

An increasing number of local families “are one blown tire away from not being able to pay their rent—forget saving or having any buffer,” All Faiths CEO Nelle Miller says.

09/02/2025 By Megan McDonald

Follow the Money

Where Do Your Donation Dollars Go?

We followed the money at these nonprofits to learn about the impact your donation–from $10 to $10,000–can make.

09/01/2025

Home Sweet Home

Alfred Lanier and Nikki Graybeal Have Found Independence and Friendship at the Haven

“My favorite thing about living here is the diversity."

09/01/2025 By Lauren Jackson

The Rich Keep Coming

How Wealthy Do You Have to Be to Live in Sarasota?

The flow of money and prosperity has accelerated in the last decade, bringing to town more millionaires, multimillionaires and even billionaires. The paradox, of course, is that many households and systems are under strain.

09/01/2025 By Kim Doleatto

Powered by Philanthropy

10 Major Philanthropic Moments

From big gifts to grassroots campaigns, here are 10 of the year’s major philanthropic moments with huge community impact.

09/01/2025 By Lauren Jackson

Stronger Than the Storm

Thanks to Rebuilding Together Greater Florida, Newtown Homeowners Sheila and Johnnie Cantrell Are Ready to Weather Whatever Comes Next

“No matter what, I know we’re going to be OK for a while.”

09/01/2025 By Lauren Jackson

Creature Comfort

Therapy Animals Come in All Shapes and Sizes

Meet some of our region’s volunteer pet therapists.

09/01/2025

Made For Life

Former Tervis CEO Hosana Fieber and Founding Family Member Rogan Donelly Take Over Osprey Store

That means customers can still walk in for warranty service and same-day customization while Tervis LLC focuses on wholesale.

08/29/2025 By Kim Doleatto

Politics

Sarasota Sidewalk Art Set to Be Removed

A new state mandate bans all “non-standard” markings on streets, sidewalks and crosswalks, insisting they're safety hazards and distractions to motorists—despite research showing street art actually results in safer driving habits and fewer crashes.

08/27/2025 By Kendall Southworth

Popular Content

    Remembering Samuel Ray, the Neighbor Behind Central Cocoanut’s Laughing Buddha

    Climate Adaptation Center Releases 2026 Hurricane Forecast

    A Proposed 324-Unit Apartment Development Raises Questions in Gillespie Park

    Artist Patrick Thomas Parnell Has Built a Successful Toy Business Based on His Comic Book Characters

    A Sarasota Environmental Program Has Saved Miles of Open Space From Bulldozers

    Red Tide Turning Point? New Research, Policy Shifts Offer Hope

Save the Seagrass

Mote Expands Seagrass Restoration Efforts With Three New Research Facilities

The new facilities are designed to advance the restoration, resilience and long-term sustainability of Florida's seagrass meadows, which are vanishing at alarming rates.

08/26/2025 By Staff

Internships

We're Looking for Editorial and Sales & Marketing Interns

Previous Sarasota Magazine interns have gone on to work for The New York Times, NPR, Bustle, The Whitney Museum of American Art, and more.

08/22/2025

Raise a Glass

Tervis Names Roger Parsons Its New President, Chief Revenue Officer

Parsons will oversee all aspects of the company’s commercial consumer business strategy, including e-commerce and direct-to-consumer business.

08/22/2025 By Megan McDonald

Suncoast Searchlight

Sarasota’s Performing Arts Center Stalls as Other Major Cultural Projects Race Forward

The performing arts center's future is tangled in politics, environmental concerns and slow fundraising.

08/20/2025 By Derek Gilliam/Suncoast Searchlight

Shop 'Til You Drop

The Hyatt Regency Sarasota Is Being Torn Down. You Can Own a Piece of It.

A major liquidation is underway at the 50-year old hotel, with everything from TVs to beds to soap dishes on offer (and many of them BOGO).

08/13/2025 By Megan McDonald

Storm Spotters

Sarasota County Is Partnering With the National Weather Service to Offer Free Weather Safety Training

Love weather and helping others? The National Weather Service's free online SKYWARN seminar on Aug. 16 is for you.

08/12/2025 By Lauren Jackson

Glass Act

Tervis Acquired by JV2 Innovative Products

The new owner is a Delaware-based domestic LLC that officially formed on June 4, 2025. It plans to keep the company name and current stakeholders.

08/12/2025 By Staff

In Bloom

Selby Gardens’ Phase Two Gets the Green Light From City Planning Board

Board members unanimously approved the project, which will bring a new state-of-the-art conservatory complex and learning pavilion to the downtown campus.

08/11/2025 By Staff

Claws And Effect

A Manatee County Utilities Ground Crew Unearthed a Fossilized Giant Sloth Claw Last Month

You can see at The Bishop Museum of Science and Nature.

08/07/2025 By Lauren Jackson

The Tropics

High Sea Surface Temperatures, Dissipating Saharan Dust and More: Conditions For Hurricane Formation Are Becoming Ideal

Watch out for storm development in the tropical Atlantic this week.

08/04/2025 By Bob Bunting

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